I had the opportunity to attend Apple’s iOS 5 Tech Talks on January 23rd in Austin, TX.  This was an event that provided access to Apple’s engineers and subject matter experts over the course of a day. It was a great way to gain some insight into what the iOS 5 SDK offers to developers [...]

Having a background in rugged mobile devices and seeing the advantages that they have, it’s no surprise to me that consumer devices are starting to gain in popularity. The iPad is the obviously leader in the field, however the emergence of many Android devices is opening up many possibilities for app developers to migrate their [...]

The BBC recently ran a story about integrating augmented reality in mobile apps. This technology is still relatively untapped yet holds a great deal of potential for the future of mobile applications. While the video reports talks about a student at the School of Visual Arts Interaction Design Program creating the designs for an app [...]

Today’s Engineer featured Accella’s Jason King and Jacob Haskins in an article on careers in mobile app development, what it takes to be a developer and where the field is going.

Accella CEO, Jason King, was recently interviewed on Maryland Public Television’s “Your Money & Business” about the surging world of Mobile Applications. What is a mobile app, how does one begin the process of developing.

All it takes is 12 steps to get you running with a bootable USB drive.  If you’d like to go straight to the instructions for the Bootable USB drive, click here. This past weekend I spent some time playing around with Linux Mint 12. Last week, Linux Mint’s approach to the Gnome2-Gnome3-Unity fiasco was highlighted [...]

Testing iPhone and Mobile apps is a very important part of the development process – Just ask Google.

Make sure your apps use the new UIAppearance Protocol from iOS 5. Old methods to get a custom appearance may break when your users upgrade.

With the release of iOS 5 today, there has been some debate at Accella of which OS version we should build for in future iOS apps for our clients. Building to accommodate multiple OS versions is more time consuming which translates to greater costs, and is not always an option. In general, we lean towards [...]

The Kindle has released its tablet to the marketplace – the question is – how will it impact an already saturated tablet marketplace. The Kindle Fire is being offered at $199, which is lower than every other tablet out there. So if you’re not going to spend a minimum of $500 on an iPad, or [...]